Accident | |
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Date | 10 July 2017 |
Summary | In-flight breakup at cruise altitude |
Site | Leflore County, Mississippi, United States 33°26′56″N 90°26′13″W / 33.449°N 90.437°W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Lockheed KC-130T Hercules |
Operator | United States Marine Corps |
Registration | 165000 |
Flight origin | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina |
Destination | Naval Air Facility El Centro, California |
Occupants | 16 |
Passengers | 7 |
Crew | 9 |
Fatalities | 16 |
Survivors | 0 |
On 10 July 2017, a Lockheed KC-130T Hercules aircraft belonging to the United States Marine Corps (USMC) crashed in Leflore County, Mississippi, killing all 16 people on board.[1][2][3] The aircraft had the call sign "Yanky 72" and was from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 (VMGR-452) based at Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York. Debris from the aircraft was found in Leflore County, Mississippi. The USMC released a statement calling the event a "mishap."[4]
The crash is the deadliest Marine Corps disaster since 2005, when a U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing 31 people.[5]